Kazakhstan to launch new flights ahead of Expo-2017

    Kazakhstan is negotiating for the launch of new flights with international air lines ahead of the Expo-2017 event, Vice Minister for Investment and Development, Berik Kamaliyev says.
    According to Kamaliyev, Kazakhstan has already agreed to launch the new flights with Finnish, a Polish and Hungarian air companies.
    "We are planning to resume flights with Austrian and Czech companies. Chinese Air China will operate flights as well," he said, while adding that new international flights linking Almaty with Xian and Tehran are also in the works.
    "Presently, flights from Astana are operated in five directions: Frankfurt, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Seoul. There are also direct flights to Vienna, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Istanbul, Urumqi and other cities. Flights to Tokyo, Singapore and New York will be launched in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively," he added, according to Kazinform.